Sec. 60305. Support for processed commodities
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The Secretary shall make payments in accordance with this subsection to eligible entities that experienced unexpected market losses as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic during the applicable period. In this section: The term applicable period means January 1, 2020, through May 1, 2020. The term eligible entity means any domestic entity or facility that produced any qualified fuel in the calendar year 2019. The term qualified fuel means any advanced biofuel, biomass-based diesel, cellulosic biofuel, conventional biofuel, or renewable fuel, as such terms are defined in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1) ), that is produced in the United States.
The amount of the payment payable to an eligible entity shall be the sum of— $0.45 multiplied by the number of gallons of qualified fuel produced by the eligible entity during the applicable period; and if the Secretary determines that the eligible entity was unable to produce any qualified fuel throughout 1 or more calendar months during the applicable period due to the COVID–19 pandemic, $0.45 multiplied by 50 percent of the number of gallons produced by the eligible entity in the corresponding month or months in calendar year 2019.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report on the payments made under this subsection, including the identity of each payment recipient and the amount of the payment paid to the payment recipient. There is appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary for payments to eligible entities under this subsection.
The Secretary shall use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation to carry out this subsection. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out this subsection. The promulgation of regulations under, and administration of, this subsection shall be made without regard to— the notice and comment provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States Code; and chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act ).
The Secretary shall make emergency assistance available to domestic users of upland cotton and extra long staple cotton in the form of a payment in an amount determined under paragraph (2), regardless of the origin of such upland cotton or extra long staple cotton, during the 10-month period beginning on March 1, 2020. The amount of the assistance provided under paragraph
(1)to a domestic user described in such paragraph shall be equal to 10 multiplied by the product of— the domestic user’s historical monthly average consumption; and 6 cents per pound so consumed. Any emergency assistance provided under this section shall be made available only to domestic users of upland cotton and extra long staple cotton that certify that the assistance shall be used only for operating expenses. The term historical monthly average consumption means the average consumption for each month occurring during the period beginning on January 1, 2017, and ending on December 31, 2019. The Secretary may not provide emergency assistance under this section on or after December 31, 2020. There is appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out this subsection.
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